There is good news for Spencer, a new restaurant in Ann Arbor, and its future customers. The eatery recently surpassed its crowdfunding goal of $30,000 with about a week to spare. The restaurant and cheese bar is also set to open its doors for lunch service on Wednesday.
"That gets us going and gets people in the door," says Steven Hall, co-owner of
Spencer.
Hall and Abby Olitzky, they are recently engaged, started experimenting with restauranting a few years ago. They gained some recognition with a pop-up called
Central Provisions. They switched the name to Spencer last year because another restaurant in Maine opened with the name Central Provisions.
Spencer is set to open in downtown Ann Arbor at 113 E Liberty in a 1,200 square foot space that sits 50 people. They are opening with lunch service first to start generating some revenue. The liquor license approval is a little ways behind but should be done by the end of this fall.
Hall and Olitzky launched a
crowdfunding campaign to help put this all together with a goal of raising $30,000. Its now at $32,000 with six days left as of Tuesday afternoon. Hall points out people can still give to help offset the administrative costs Kickstarter charges and other things and still claim the prizes for contributing. More importantly it helps with exposure.
"Every person who gives is one more person that is reading about us," Hall says.
Source: Steven Hall, co-owner of Spencer
Writer: Jon Zemke
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